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CoinDesk's John Biggs Walks the Exhibit Halls of Consensus 2019

Meet the exhibitors in the Consensus 2019 exhibit halls.

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Blockchain-Based Digital Collectibles Market Meme Factory Launches Today

Meme Factory, an ethereum-based marketplace for creating, selling and trading digital collectibles, goes live Thursday.

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Can Bitcoin Win the Digital Payments 'Gauge War'?

Bitcoin could learn a lesson from the railways, says Simon Johnson: For the customer, it’s just about getting from A to B fastest and cheapest.

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Bitcoin Cash's Scheduled Hard Fork Tripped Up By Software Bug

The bitcoin cash network forks after a bug emerged in the cryptocurrency's code during an upgrade, leading developers to put together a hotfix.

Bitcoin Cash successfully split into two blockchains, again.

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Blockchain Project Thundercore Releases Code for 'Pala' Consensus Protocol

Blockchain provider platform ThunderCore announced the open-sourcing of a new consensus protocol called Pala.

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Blockstream Launches Security Token Platform on Bitcoin Sidechain

Blockstream, the bitcoin-focused startup, is creating a new security token platform on its Liquid sidechain network.

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Bitcoin in Space? It Helps Connection Woes, Says Blockstream's Adam Back

Beaming bitcoin from satellites might sound far-fetched, but there are serious use cases, according to Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream.

Blockstream CEO Adam Back at Consensus 2019. (CoinDesk archives)

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RIF Launches 'Layer 3' Network to Scale Bitcoin-Based Smart Contracts, Tokens

RIF Labs, which built the RSK sidechain for tokens and smart contracts on top of bitcoin, has launched a "third layer" to help scale this technology.

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HTC Has Added In-Wallet Crypto Swaps to Its EXODUS Phone

HTC has added Kyber Network’s liquidity protocol to its blockchain phone, enabling direct swaps between ERC-20 cryptocurrencies.

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Blockstack CEO Muneeb Ali: 'You Don’t Need a Blockchain' for All Dapps

Apps across the space are putting too much reliance (and data) on blockchains, argued Blockstack CEO Muneeb Ali at Consensus 2019.

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